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(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, every member of a School Board shall hold office for 4 years.
(2)The term of office of half (or, where there is an odd number of parent members, of the largest number less than half) of the parent members elected when a School Board are established shall be 2 years.
(3)The parent members whose term of office is to be restricted to 2 years under subsection (2) above, failing agreement between all the parent members elected to the Board, shall be selected by drawing lots.
(4)A member of a School Board may resign office at any time by giving notice in writing to the Clerk of the Board or to the education authority for the area.
(5)A School Board may remove any member of the Board who they are satisfied—
(a)is unable to carry out his duties by reason of physical or mental illness or incapacity; or
(b)has failed without good cause to attend meetings for a continuous period of at least 6 months and to attend 3 consecutive meetings.
(6)In the event of a vacancy for a parent member or a staff member of a School Board arising a by-election shall be held, subject to subsection (7) below, as soon as possible, and in any event within a period of 3 months.
(7)Where a person ceases, for whatever reason, to be a parent member or staff member within 6 months before the expiry of his term of office, no by-election need be held under subsection (6) above.
(8)Members of a School Board who cease to be eligible to serve in the capacity in which they have been elected or co-opted may complete their term of office, provided that their remaining term of office is less than two years.
(9)Where a vacancy for a co-opted member of a Board occurs the Board shall (in accordance with this Act) co-opt another person in his place.
(10)Persons elected or co-opted under this section to fill a casual vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term of office of the person whose place they have filled.
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